diff --git a/matlab/conditional_variance_decomposition_mc_analysis.m b/matlab/conditional_variance_decomposition_mc_analysis.m
index 3e09d0f2b25dae1ceb59ff0e29550c3e6292fca1..67b42d0b0c4e6225fbf88f16d6fc58d22d03ab9f 100644
--- a/matlab/conditional_variance_decomposition_mc_analysis.m
+++ b/matlab/conditional_variance_decomposition_mc_analysis.m
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ if isempty(exogenous_variable_index)
     return
 end
 
-name_1 = var_list(endogenous_variable_index,:);
-name_2 = exo;
+name_1 = deblank(var_list(endogenous_variable_index,:));
+name_2 = deblank(exo);
 name = [ name_1 '.' name_2 ];
 
 if isfield(oo_, [ TYPE 'TheoreticalMoments' ])